The Plot was such an interesting and unique book. I would classify it as a mystery thriller, but I also learned so much from reading this book about publishing, writers, and reviewers. While the beginning was a bit slow and kind of a lot to take in, after a couple of chapters I was super intrigued. Once I got hooked into this book I did not stop until I was flipping the last page. It kept me on the edge of my seat and the way it was written had a big sense of thrill throughout the book.
This follow Jacob Finch Bonner who is struggling with his career. He wrote a somewhat good book that became a best seller and now has no motivation to write. He is currently a professor teaching at a university to aspiring young writers on how to write successfully, only he has no motivation to teach these kids anything as he is facing that he will never be a big-time writer. One of his students perked Jake’s interest when he said the plot of his story is mind blowing and once he finishes the book it will be the best book ever written. Jake is very intrigued and sits down with Evan Parker and gets him to spill the plot of this soon to be famous book. Jake agreed it would become a best seller and everyone would be talking about it. Two years later, Jake is now doing random side jobs and remembers Evan Parker, but can’t recall ever hearing about his book being published. He googles Evan and realizes he died a couple of months after they met, and he never did publish his book. It looks like no one even knew that he was writing a book besides Jake. Jake ends up stealing the plot of Evan’s book and becomes an international best seller. Only is it too good to be true? Someone seems to know what really happened and starts accusing Jake of being a thief.
I am so glad I picked up this book because it was so amazing. We get a story within a story because we get chapters from Crib, the book that Jake wrote that was based off on Evan’s plot. It was very chilling to read the chapters from Crib because it was a seriously messed up book. It is definitely a superb psychological thriller that has you glued to the pages wanting to find out more. While I did kind of figure out who was blackmailing Evan early on, I think the author wanted readers to find out. It made it kind of eerie to read this and know who the bad person was. I was still very shocked by the ending and had chills reading the epilogue. I honestly just really enjoyed the entirety of this book and it was kind of crazy knowing Jake stole someone’s entire idea for a book, but yet I was rooting for him. He wrote the book himself, he just used someone’s idea. If you’re looking for an exceptional thriller, pick up The Plot it will not disappoint.
This follow Jacob Finch Bonner who is struggling with his career. He wrote a somewhat good book that became a best seller and now has no motivation to write. He is currently a professor teaching at a university to aspiring young writers on how to write successfully, only he has no motivation to teach these kids anything as he is facing that he will never be a big-time writer. One of his students perked Jake’s interest when he said the plot of his story is mind blowing and once he finishes the book it will be the best book ever written. Jake is very intrigued and sits down with Evan Parker and gets him to spill the plot of this soon to be famous book. Jake agreed it would become a best seller and everyone would be talking about it. Two years later, Jake is now doing random side jobs and remembers Evan Parker, but can’t recall ever hearing about his book being published. He googles Evan and realizes he died a couple of months after they met, and he never did publish his book. It looks like no one even knew that he was writing a book besides Jake. Jake ends up stealing the plot of Evan’s book and becomes an international best seller. Only is it too good to be true? Someone seems to know what really happened and starts accusing Jake of being a thief.
I am so glad I picked up this book because it was so amazing. We get a story within a story because we get chapters from Crib, the book that Jake wrote that was based off on Evan’s plot. It was very chilling to read the chapters from Crib because it was a seriously messed up book. It is definitely a superb psychological thriller that has you glued to the pages wanting to find out more. While I did kind of figure out who was blackmailing Evan early on, I think the author wanted readers to find out. It made it kind of eerie to read this and know who the bad person was. I was still very shocked by the ending and had chills reading the epilogue. I honestly just really enjoyed the entirety of this book and it was kind of crazy knowing Jake stole someone’s entire idea for a book, but yet I was rooting for him. He wrote the book himself, he just used someone’s idea. If you’re looking for an exceptional thriller, pick up The Plot it will not disappoint.